Transcript State Support for School and District Improvement: A

California
Statewide System of Support
School and District Improvement
September 1, 2009 Webinar
Fred Balcom, Director, District and School
Improvement Division
Julie Baltazar, Administrator, Regional
Coordination and Support Office
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Jack O’Connell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
California Context
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Educational Entities
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State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• 10,129 schools
• 1,050 school districts
•
58 county offices of education
•
11 regional county consortia
Source: California Fact Book 2009 – Handbook of Education Information
http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/pn/fb/documents/factbook2009.pdf
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California Regions
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
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Student Population
(2008-09 Data)
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State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• 6,286,943 K-12 students
• 1,553,091 English Learners (ELs)
– Approximately 25 percent of total
population
• 3,271,334 Students on Free or
Reduced-Price Lunch (FRPL)
– Approximately 52 percent of total
population
Source: California Department of Education – Dataquest 2008-09
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Overlay of Accountability
Systems
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State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
Federal
Accountability
• Adequate Yearly
Progress (AYP)
• Status model
• Participation rate
• Percent proficient
• API as additional
indicator
• Graduation rate
California State
Accountability
• Academic
Performance Index
(API)
• Growth model
• Single number
between 200-1000
• Each school has
own target; schools
measured on ability
to meet target
• Ranks schools on
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annual basis
School Program Improvement (PI)
Status
School PI Status
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of Public Instruction
District PI
Status
No.
LEAs
Not
Designated
Not PI
Designated
80
121
41
4
3
7
2
8
186
3
945
288
50
44
45
19
37
1428
131
346
266
60
52
44
31
86
885
YR 1
62
196
197
46
37
40
28
60
604
YR 2
34
80
80
21
23
20
16
48
288
YR 3
145
642
564
140
210
235
169
673
2633
Total
955
2330
1436
321
369
391
265
912
6024
Early
Warning
At Risk
Data as of 4/29/09
At
Risk
Yr
1
Yr
2
Yr
3
Yr
4
Yr
5
Total
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Polling Question
JACK O’CONNELL
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of Public Instruction
Using the polling tool, indicate if
your SEA:
a. Uses a layered approach for
Program Improvement
b. Does NOT use a layered
approach
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Statewide System of School
Support (S4)
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of Public Instruction
• Regional Consortia, also known as
Regional System of District and
School Support (RSDSS)
• District Assistance and
Intervention Teams (DAIT)
• Other Technical Assistance (TA)
providers
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What Are the Pieces of the S4?
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of Public Instruction
• Comprehensive needs assessment
• Revision of the local educational
agency (LEA) and School Plans
• Faithful implementation of the revised
plans
• Professional development and
support for staff
• Reallocation of resources
• Ongoing monitoring, analysis, and
support for improvement plans
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RSDSS
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State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• California is divided into 11 regions,
each region having a lead county
office of education (COE) housing the
RSDSS.
• Schools and districts are offered
general technical assistance as staff
are introduced to the CDE tools.
• Assistance in establishing the district
and school liaison team (DSLT) and
in revising the LEA Plan.
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Nine Essential Program
Components (EPCs)
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of Public Instruction
1. Use of SBE-adopted
English/reading/language arts and
mathematics instructional materials
2. Instructional time- adherence to instructional
minutes
3. School Administrator Training Program
4. Fully credentialed, highly qualified teachers
and Professional Development Program on
SBE-adopted instructional materials
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Nine EPCs (Cont.)
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5. Student achievement monitoring system use of data to monitor student progress
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6. Ongoing instructional assistance and
support for teachers
7. Monthly teacher collaboration by grade
level kindergarten through eight (K-8) and
department grades nine through twelve (912) facilitated by the principal
8. Lesson and course pacing schedule (K-8)
and master schedule flexibility for sufficient
numbers of intervention courses (9-12)
9. Fiscal support
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CDE-Developed
Assessment Tools
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State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Academic Program Survey (APS)
• District Assistance Survey (DAS)
• English Learner Subgroup Self
Assessment (ELSSA)
• Inventory of Support and
Services (ISS) for Students with
Disabilities
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RSDSS Work with Districts and
Schools in Improvement
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State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Initial contact focuses on student
achievement and local context
• Follow up meetings address use of
data, implementation of the nine
Essential Program Components
(EPCs), use of CDE tools, and
stakeholders’ concerns
• May help develop a specific plan of
assistance to address identified
areas of concern
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RSDSS Scope of Work
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of Public Instruction
The Scope of Work (I-V) describes required
services provided by RSDSS across their
regions
I.
District and School Liaison Team - The
School Support Team is known in
California as the District and School
Liaison Team (DSLT).
II.
Change Instructional Practice – addresses
academic achievement problems.
III. Engage in Partnerships - for delivering
technical assistance and professional
development.
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RSDSS Scope of Work (Cont.)
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of Public Instruction
IV. Provide Customized Technical Assistance
and/or Professional Development - builds
the capacity of the LEA and school staff to
improve schools.
V. Align with CDE/LEA initiatives and other
approaches likely to result in improved
teaching and learning in schools identified
for improvement, corrective action.
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Polling Question
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
Using the polling tool, indicate if
your SEA focuses program
improvement on
a. schools only
b. LEAs only
c. LEAs and schools
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DAIT and Other TA
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State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
LEA identified for Title I PI Year 3
corrective action
• Assigned a corrective action
• Required to document implementation
of corrective action in revised LEA Plan
• May receive funding, technical
assistance, or required to work with a
DAIT based on severity of achievement
problem
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DAIT and Other TA (Cont.)
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State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
The DAIT is approved by the state to conduct
a needs assessment of the LEAs in the
following areas:
(A) Governance
(B) Alignment of curriculum, instruction,
and assessments to state standards
(C) Fiscal operations
(D) Parent and community involvement
(E) Human resources
(F) Data systems and achievement
monitoring
(G) Professional development
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DAIT Providers
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State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
CDE-approved DAIT providers:
• 60 organizations
• 191 individually approved DAIT
leads
List of approved DAIT providers
located on the CDE Approved DAIT
Providers Web page at
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ti/daitproviders.asp
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Work of a DAIT
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of Public Instruction
• Based on standards for work of a
DAIT adopted by State Board of
Education (SBE) in March 2006
• Focuses on improving district
systems to support schools and
student achievement
• Organized around seven areas of
district work and support for
district implementation of the
corrective action
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Advantages of District
Intervention to Help Schools
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of Public Instruction
• Builds district capacity to
address underlying systems
needed to support schools and
ongoing student achievement
• Encompasses broader array of
issues (resource alignment,
negotiations, local board
relations) than possible with
school-by-school change
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JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
American Recovery and
Investment Act (ARRA)
Money
– Set Aside
– School Improvement Grant (SIG)
– Title I
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Monitoring Progress
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State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
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AYP
Categorical Program Monitoring
Review of LEA Plans
RSDSS quarterly reports
Organization Management
System
• Review of LEAs in Program
Improvement via on-line plans
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Data/Indicators
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of Public Instruction
• LEA Plans
• District and school needs
assessment
• State tools
• California Longitudinal Pupil
Achievement Data System
(CALPADS)
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Visit the CDE’s Virtual Library
Links to school improvement resources:
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Tools (APS, DAS, ISS, ELSSA, etc.) Articles,
Curriculum resources, Strategies for
improving schools, and
PI Training Materials on the CDE Virtual
Library Web page at
www.cde.ca.gov/ta/lp/vl
See also California Comprehensive Center at
www.cacompcenter.org (Outside Source)
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CDE Web Pages
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State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Program Improvement
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/ac/ti/programimpr
ov.asp
• Program Assessment Tools
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/lp/vl
• Curriculum Frameworks & Instructional
Materials
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/cr/cf/index.asp
• Professional Development
http://www.cde.ca.gov/pd/
• California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement
Data System (CALPADS)
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/td/lo/index.asp
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For more information
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
Contact:
Fred Balcom - [email protected]
(916) 319-0582
Julie Baltazar - [email protected]
(916) 319-0595
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